Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport
Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; TC LID: CPU6;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	First Nations Technical Institute
Location	Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	260 ft / 79 m
Coordinates	44°11′05″N 077°06′28″W / 44.18472°N 77.10778°W
Map
	CPU6 Location in Ontario
Runways
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport (TC LID: CPU6) is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quinte between Kingston and Belleville.

History

Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during World War I. During World War II, it hosted the No. 1 Instrument Navigation School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing advanced instrument-navigation training to air crews. During this time, the airport was also used as the primary relief landing field for the Central Flying School, based out of RCAF Station Trenton.

The aerodrome is currently the site of the First Nations Technical Institute and the First Peoples' Aviation Technology – Flight Training Program.

Historical aerodrome information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as "RCAF Aerodrome - Mohawk, Ontario" at 44°11′N 77°07′W / 44.183°N 77.117°W / 44.183; -77.117 with no variation or elevation listed. The field was listed as "all hard surfaced" and had three runways listed as follows:^[2]

Runway name	Length	Width	Surface
4/22	2,500 ft (760 m)	150 ft (46 m)	Decommissioned, hard surfaced
15/33	2,575 ft (785 m)	150 ft (46 m)	Asphalt
9/27	4,270 ft (1,300 m)	150 ft (46 m)	Asphalt

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 136.

External links

Airport home page
Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[Handbook-2] Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 136.

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